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McGran on 21 August 2014
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DonFerrari said:
McGran said:
DonFerrari said:
If a better game is the result then all is good. But go through all the cleared stages again shouldn't be necessary.


To be sure that in the process of fixing the identified problems the developers don't accidentally create new bugs, full retesting is necessary.  Typically this is called regression testing.  The Devs will want to do this themselves before submitting again.

From Sony's perspective, each software iteration is likely treated as a completely separate submission that will require to go through their full certification.


To start from scratch means all paperwork... if he just meant testing phase (but worded different) then yea.

DLC and patches doesn't go the whole process in Sony (was one of the complains with MS, paying and paperwork for patches).

That's fair, I was probably a little sloppy in my use of language here.

What I meant was that the software testing itself would be a completely fresh run through the set of tests.  This is essential since the ultimate risk (however unlikely) is that a system breaking bug is missed and consoles get bricked.

Regards comparisons to buggy games that passed certification - I expect (though I have no knowledge either way) that this kind of certification is less to do with the quality of the gaming experience and more to do with the impact of the software on the system software, firmware and hardware.  So my guess would be that the failure would more likely be something like a security vulnerability or a system crashing bug.